Simple Summary Estrogens are a group of steroid hormones that recently have gained even
more attention in the eyes of scientists. There is an ongoing discussion in the scientific …

Estrogen receptors (ERs) play a key role in many biochemical and physiological processes,
that are involved in maintaining organism homeostasis. At the most basic level, they can be …

While it is well recognized that the frequency and intensity of flood events are increasing
worldwide, the environmental, economic, and societal consequences of remobilization and …

Micropollutants (MPs), especially endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), are mainly
released from WWTPs into surface water bodies and can subsequently lead to adverse …

Certain emerging pollutants are among the most widely used chemicals globally, causing
widespread concern in relation to their use in products devoted to cleaniness and asepsis …

Nitrate and sulfate, as electron acceptors (EAs), influence microbial communities and the
subsequent biodegradation of emerging contaminants, such as 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) …

The aquatic environment holds a vast source of organisms that provide numerous
opportunities to bioprospect new molecules. Notably, fish are producers of an epidermal …

Steroids have attracted particular attention as environmental contaminants because of their
severe endocrine-disrupting effects. Previous studies have predominantly focused on parent …

This study investigated passive adsorption of nine antipsychotic drugs by the benthic
oligochaete, Lumbriculus variegatus from spiked freshwater sediments. Based on a …

Abstract Background The flood in July 2021 is considered one of the largest flood disasters
in Western Europe in decades, with massive socio-economic consequences. The potential …